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Show Decatur has traded Pitcher Randolph Ran-dolph Young to Springfield for Bonnie Stewart. Pat Collins, St. Paul American association asso-ciation catcher, was sold to the New York Yankees for three unnamed players play-ers and cash. Fred Scott, right-hand pitcher from Christian university, Texas, has been signed by the St. Paul club of the American association. John Dempster, star southpaw pitcher pitch-er of the Greensboro club of the Piedmont Pied-mont league, has been sold to the New York American league club. A pitcher says swinging a scythe Is the best developer of pitching arms. The weak feature of It la that It is doubly effective on batting arms. Don Houck, bespectacled pitcher of the Springfield Western association club, has been sold to the Kansas City club of the American association. Bethby Schang, catcher with the Vernon club of the Pacific Coast league, formerly with Sacramento, has been sold to Shreveport of the Texas league. The Senators have signed a new pitcher. His name Is Harold Smith and he hails from the Longview club of the East Texas league. He Is a right-hander. Silvio Cator of Haiti, a student In the University of Paris, has shattered the French broad jump record with a leap of 7.72 meters, or a fraction over 25 feet, 4 inches. England has now won two out of the three series held for the Wightman cup, which is designed to be emblematic emble-matic of the women's international lawn tennis championship. That's human nature for you. The same fellow who doesn't want to get his new suit of clothes ruined thinks Jack Dempsey ought to rush Into a fight with that nose he has just bought. Polo rapidly Is becoming popular in London with the general public, for, since Ilurlingham, two years ago, was thrown open to any one who cared to pay. the attendance at the games has steadily increased. A Chicago wife has sued her husband's hus-band's employer because he took her husband to the golf links and encased In too many games with him. That's the way it goes, just when a golf player play-er finds somebody he can trim. The Philadelphia Nationals can lay claim to the best singing first-sack guardian in the game. Lew Fonseca, who holds down the first-base position during the basiuall season, takes a turn with a vauueville act in the off season. |